THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JEAN-LOUIS G. GHEYSENS, WILLIAM J. WELLS, III and RICHARD E. WOODLING __________ Appeal No. 96-2808 Application 08/102,7081 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WEIFFENBACH, ELLIS and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. WEIFFENBACH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 21-26, 29-31, 38 and 39, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. We affirm-in-part and we enter a new ground of rejection pursuant to the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.196(b). 1Application for patent filed August 5, 1993. According to appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 07/832,745, filed February 7, 1992, now abandoned. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007